PET PARTNERS 875 124th Ave NE #101Bellevue, WA 98005 U.S.A.

Federal Tax ID: 91-1158281

Phone: (425) 679-5500

Mission Statement:Pet Partners is the leader in promoting and demonstrating that positive human–animal interactions improve the physical, emotional and psychological lives of those we serve.

Become a Pet Partners Licensed Team Evaluator

A Pet Partners Licensed Team Evaluator is an experienced therapy animal team volunteer who has completed and passed training to be licensed to evaluate prospective new and renewing therapy animal teams. View the detailedTeam Evaluator Volunteer Job Description(pdf)

Prerequisites:

Must be at least 21 years old.

Must be a current registered therapy animal team volunteer for at least two years - either as a volunteer with an animal, or a therapy animal program volunteer without an animal. However, a volunteer without an animal must have had the experience of going through the therapy animal program evaluation.

Must have at least a 50 combined hours of visiting experience, or shadowing in the case of a volunteer without an animal, with multiple client populations in at least two or more different environments within the previous two years.

Enrollment for new Team Evaluators began on October 1, 2014. Practicum locations are chosen after the first of the year based on the location of applicants, so don’t delay in submitting your qualifications!

Please note: All potential Team Evaluators will need to attend an in-person Team Evaluator Course Practicum (US locations vary), which includes an assessment of the student's performance during the Practicum. Students are allowed two attempts to pass the Practicum.

2015 Team Evaluator Practicums*

Completion of steps 1 & 2 are required in order to attend a Practicum. Practicums are scheduled in regional locations at the beginning of the year based on the home states of individuals who have been approved to become Team Evaluators.

*All attendees must complete the Team Evaluator Online Course 30-days in advance of the practicum.

2014 Practicum Dates

Special thanks to the funders of our 2014 Practicums including Planet Dog Foundation, Giant Steps Foundation and the Frank M. and Gertrude R. Doyle Foundation.